Popular Publications, Inc. records, 1910-1977, bulk (1945-1960).

ArchivalResource

Popular Publications, Inc. records, 1910-1977, bulk (1945-1960).

Collection consists of correspondence, copyright records, index card files, financial records and personal papers of Henry Steeger, and other records related to the operations of Popular Publications.

53 linear feet (80 boxes)

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6690588

New York Public Library System, NYPL

Related Entities

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Steeger, Henry, 1903-1978.

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National urban league

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The National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes, later the National Urban League, resulted from the 1910 merger of three welfare organizations in New York, N.Y.: the Committee for Improving Industrial Conditions among Negroes in New York, the Committee on Urban Conditions Among Negroes, and the National League for Protection of Colored Women. From the description of Records of the National Urban League, 1910-1986 (bulk 1930-1979). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71130941 ...

Gannett, Peter.

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Gibney, Albert J., 1882-1948.

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New Publications, Inc.

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Norton, Alden H., 1903-

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Swick, Jean.

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Addullah, Achmed, 1881-

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Popular Publications, Inc.

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Popular Publications, a publisher of popular detective, adventure, romance, and Western fiction, was founded in New York City in 1930 by Henry Steeger. During the 1930s his firm became the largest publisher of popular pulp fiction in America. In 1942 the firm acquired the copyrights to the properties of the Frank A. Munsey Co. which included Argosy Magazine. Steeger was president and publisher of Popular Publications (in addition to various other publishing companies) until the firm was sold in ...

All-Fiction Field, Inc.

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Street, Park.

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White, Kenneth Steele

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Gaunt. A. B.

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Recreational Reading, Inc.

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Young, Whitney M. Whitney M. Young papers.

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Sociologist. Whitney Moore Young, Jr. (1921-1971) was Executive Director of the National Urban League, 1961-1971. From the description of Papers, 1960-1977. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122443095 ...

Fictioneers, Inc.

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George H. Doran Company.

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Davis, Robert H. (Robert Hobart), 1869-1942

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Robert Hobart Davis (1869-1942) was an American journalist, editor, dramatist, and photographer. He was editor of Munsey's Magazine from 1904 to 1925, columnist for the New York Sun from 1925 to 1942, and honorary president of the Stevenson Society of America. From the guide to the Robert H. Davis papers, 1871-1946, 1908-1942, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Robert H. Davis was an American novelist and poet, and he served as fiction editor o...

Houts, Marshall, 1919-1993

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Authors' Syndicate, Ltd.

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Lucke, Leo F.

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Frank A. Munsey Company.

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Paust, Gil

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Schindler, Raymond C., 1883-1959.

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Gardner, Erle Stanley, 1889-1970

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One surmises from one letter that Maude Stevens was an early teacher of Gardner's with whom he kept in touch, sending her two books (cataloged separately) as well as the article. From the description of Letters to Maude Stevens Ingelow, 1956-1965, (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122595320 Epithet: American writer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001186.0x0002db American author of detective st...

Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957

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American author and journalist. From the description of Letter to unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1940 October 25. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647810653 Christopher Morley was an American editor, an author, and a Rhodes scholar. Morley was one of the founders of the "Saturday Review of Literature," of which he was an editor from 1924 to 1940. A prolific author, he wrote more than 50 books. His novels include PANASSUS ON WHEELS (1917), THE HAUNTED BOOKS...

Snyder, LeMoyne, 1898-

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Boggie, Clarence Gilmore.

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Thompson, Hunter S.

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Towne, Charles Hanson, 1877-1949

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Charles Hanson Towne (1877-1949) was an author, editor and popular New York celebrity. From 1924 to 1929 he edited many magazines including Smart Set, Delineator, Designer, McClure's, and Harper's Bazaar. He also wrote poetry, novels, plays, travel essays, song cycles, lyrics for musicals and operettas, memoirs, and newspaper columns; taught poetry at Columbia University; and toured with the Broadway hit, Life With Father. Much of his writing celebrated New York City and he was considered to be ...